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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Bird of Pray
From: imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry)
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2017 23:02:28 +0100
References: <87ede2a0-7d60-3c12-29c8-37ac0a4c5ad6@iol.ie> <53b8086e-9614-c607-fc7d-f57617999943@lighttube.net> <523D9476-8D50-455D-BF66-B29CBF0D5E05@frozenlight.eu> <7e15ce52-f1ac-eeef-27f4-86cc0d47f76e@iol.ie> <BA269DDD-1AF4-4388-92B5-053AD47B3913@frozenlight.eu>

Very similar indeed, Nathan, and unusual to see an eagle lectern in a 
Roman Catholic church as they're normally found in Anglican places of 
worship. I don't know of any in Irish catholic churches and yet they're 
common in Church of Ireland ones.

The Cathedral of St. Andre in Bordeaux is a wonderful place, but I've 
never been inside it yet, although I've been outside it many times, 
either walking, driving, or indeed cycling as I did this year. Normally 
I'm chasing my tail heading off to chateaux and vineyards with the 
others, but one day I'll go in. Here's a photo of some young ladies 
outside it with one saying goodbye to her single life - burying her 
youth as a single girl.

It's taken with my Rolleiflex in 2006.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/50543475 at N00/145780679/

Douglas


On 26/09/2017 20:09, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> You depicted the place wonderfully. I am struck by the similarity of the 
> bird to what I saw in Bordeaux cathedral earlier this month:
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> http://www.frozenlight.eu/bordeaux_sept2017/content/20170905-_R002573_large.html
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> Alicante, Spain
> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>
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> <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ 
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> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator 
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>> On 26 Sep 2017, at 12:22, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
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>> Nathan,
>> My fault. Had a bit more time than I expected last night, amended and 
>> added, and have now 18 images of the place on the undermentioned link.
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>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Monkstown/Monkstown+Church/
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>> Just click on the first image, and then click to your right.
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>> Douglas
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>> On 26/09/2017 06:01, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>>> I get ?item not found? :-(
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>>> Cheers,
>>> Nathan
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>>> Nathan Wajsman
>>> Alicante, Spain
>>> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>
>>> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu
>>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws 
>>> <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ 
>>> <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/>
>>> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator 
>>> <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>
>>> YNWA
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>>>> On 25 Sep 2017, at 02:56, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> 
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>>>> That's a nicely framed shot, Douglas.
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>>>> Jim Nichols
>>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
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>>>> On 9/24/2017 7:45 PM, Douglas Barry wrote:
>>>>> Last Friday was Culture Night all over the Dublin area. One of 
>>>>> Monkstown's offerings was an open night at the local Church of Ireland 
>>>>> parish church which has been standing on the same spot in the village 
>>>>> since 1789, but was modified and extended by John Semple in 1831. When 
>>>>> the modified church was opened that year, a report in one of the 
>>>>> national newspapers said "there wasn't a spot that the eye could rest 
>>>>> without pain." However, by the 20th Century, the church was an avowed 
>>>>> favourite of the British Poet Laureate Sir John Betjeman who waxed 
>>>>> lyrically about its design, decoration, and proportions, and said "the 
>>>>> original genius of Semple (is) beginning to be appreciated".
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>>>>> I had only visited the church for the first time in many, many years a 
>>>>> couple of weeks ago for a concert by the Palestrina Boys Choir, but 
>>>>> hadn't the opportunity to explore the place, other than admire its 
>>>>> acoustics. This time, I brought my little Fuji and had the freedom to 
>>>>> wander all over the church, and do my own version of Betjeman. It is 
>>>>> impressive and here is a shot to start.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Monkstown/Monkstown+Church/Bird_of_Pray.jpg.html
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>>>>> More will follow when I get some time over the next few days.
>>>>>
>>>>> Douglas
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